Digest for Jan 27, 2010 (midweek edition)

Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday:

Watchdogs on State Issues

• Kansas
  • Rucker files motion to reconsider probable cause finding in attorney ethics case
  • Wordle: President Obama’s 2010 State of the Union Address
  • Supreme Court Rebuke
  • “Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
• Oklahoma:  Law would keep FCC off low-power radio
• Virginia:  Eminent domain reforms sprout
• New Hampshire:  Prison reform saves cash
• National:  Stimulus contract is news to recipient

Kansas Government

• Augusta:  Sen. Kelsey would cuff state funds
• Wichita KAKE:  Senator Seeks Resolution To Stop Kansas School Funding Suit

Kansas Economy/Budget/Taxes

• Kansas Reporter:  House panel delivers blow to sales tax increase proposal
• Salina:  Salina in competition for major employers
• KC Biz:
  • Kansas’ largest counties see employment, wage drops
  • Ericsson’s 1,500 job cuts may reach Kansas City area
  • Sam’s Club layoffs could affect 100 in Kansas City area
• Wichita Eagle:
  • Foes: Tax hike would hurt jobs, business
  • Mass layoffs in Kansas fell in November
  • Junction City area developer declares bankruptcy
  • Sunflower Bank acquires deposits of failed Mo. bank
• JoCo Sun:  Overland Park reduces work force by 61 positions
• KC Star:
  • Overland Park: Top managers got $140,000 in bonuses last year
  • Rural electric cooperatives agree to purchase power from ethanol-linked plant
  • KC Fed Pres Hoenig dissents on policy vote
  • Merriam voters approve renewal of sales tax

Kansas Schools

• Fort Scott:  USD 235 budget OK for now
• Topeka KSNT:  Lyon County school might close
• KC KMBC:  Olathe Schools Facing Budget Crunch
• Hutchinson:  School districts approve merger plan
• Shawnee:  USD 512 hears recommendations on boundary changes

Kansas Campaign 2010

• Topeka WIBW:  Senator Kelly Reports $167,137 Raised for Ended Congressional Campaign

Across the State

Blogs

• AFP:  Kansas Tax Rates Cause Border Hopping
• Wichita Liberty:  ‘Keeping Kansas Conservative’ forum with Joe the Plumber, Todd Tiahrt, Mary Pilcher-Cook
• Nice Deb:  ACORN Sting Videographer, James O’Keefe Arrested!
• Life Site News:  Personhood Kansas Launches Campaign to Amend Constitution
• Kansans for Life:
  • Rally for Life crowd of 2,000 hears call to defund PP, unseat Justice Beier
  • “Fire Beier” campaign attacks Justice’s abortion bias

• Cattle Network:  K-State Ag Economist Studying Economic Impacts Of Drought-Tolerant Corn In Africa
• Micheal Mahoney:  Kansas Citian to Be Honored at SOTU
• State of the State KS:
  • Kansas Bioscience Authority Invests $4.4 Million In Kansas Health and Energy [Meadowlark:  Call me a skeptic, but where are the jobs?  When unemployed a year ago I could find no high tech jobs in the KC area. ]
  • Public Dollars to Fund Litigation Against State Focus of Hearing

News

• Hays:  Whither abortion politics in Kansas?
• Hutchinson:  Opt-out could save fair thousands for Kansas State Fair
• KC Star:
  • Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state candidate, sues Nebraska over immigrant tuition law
  • Cuts in state funding threaten mental health nursing centers in Kansas
  • Kansas Senate considers toughening laws against human trafficking
  • Oregon says yes to taxing wealthy, businesses
• Lawrence J-W:
  • Kansas candidate seeks to overturn in-state law in Nebraska
  • GOP to gather for Kansas Days
  • Proposed bill would let judges reduce sentences for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Nortonville:  Ks. Rep. Bill Otto on Kansas public school financing and some progressive solutions!
• Salina:  Stimulus funds to bring broadband to western Kansas
• Topeka C-J:
  • FEC audits Kansas GOP
  • Rucker answers ethics filing
• Wichita KWCH:
  • Wind Turbine Installed at Greensburg Hospital
  • Kansans for Life Campaigns Against Kansas Supreme Court Justice